Sue Tally waits for a brother she hasn’t seen in twenty years to meet her in a French hotel. Read More »
Tag Archives: Ricardo Cortez
Bunco Squad (1950) Herbert I. Leeds, Robert Sterling, Joan Dixon, Ricardo Cortez
Told in semi-documentary style, this film deals with a little-known section of the Los Angeles Police Department which is assigned solely Read More »
The House on 56th Street (1933) Robert Florey, Kay Francis, Ricardo Cortez, Gene Raymond
This movie opens in 1905, when showgirl and daughter of a deceased gambler Peggy Martin falls in love with Monte Van Tyle and breaks the news to lover Fiske that she is leaving him. Read More »
Midnight Mary (1933) William A. Wellman, Loretta Young, Franchot Tone, Ricardo Cortez
A young woman is on trial for murder. In flashback, we learn of her struggles to overcome poverty as a teenager Read More »
The Big Shakedown (1934) John Francis Dillon, Charles Farrell, Bette Davis, Ricardo Cortez
Former bootlegger Nick Barnes pressures neighborhood druggist Jimmy Morrell into making cut-rate drugs. Read More »
Mystery in Mexico (1948) Robert Wise, William Lundigan, Jacqueline White, Ricardo Cortez
Insurance detective Steve Hastings is sent by his company to investigate the disappearance of a fellow agent. Read More »
Torch Singer (1933) Alexander Hall, George Somnes, Claudette Colbert, Ricardo Cortez, David Manners, Drama, Musical, Romance
Sally Trent has an illegitimate child, but cannot support her and gives the baby up for adoption. Read More »
Hat, Coat, and Glove (1934) Worthington Miner, Ricardo Cortez, Barbara Robbins, John Beal, Drama
A prominent New York attorney defends his estranged wife’s lover, who’s been charged with the murder of a model in Greenwich Village. Read More »
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939) Ricardo Cortez, Jean Rogers, Raymond Walburn, Marjorie Rambeau, Drama
During the Depression, New York City store clerk Joe Riley saves money and buys a piece of land in Arizona. Read More »
Blackmail (1947) Lesley Selander, William Marshall, Adele Mara, Ricardo Cortez, Action, Crime, Film-Noir, Romance
A private detective is approached by a wealthy entertainment executive to stop a blackmail scheme against him. Read More »
Mandalay (1934) Michael Curtiz, Kay Francis, Ricardo Cortez, Warner Oland, Drama, Romance
Russian refugee Tanya Borisoff is suddenly abandoned penniless in Rangoon, Burma, by her lover, Tony Evans, who accepted a gunrunning deal from Nick, the owner of an amoral nightclub. Read More »
The Phantom of Crestwood (1932) J. Walter Ruben, Ricardo Cortez, Karen Morley, Anita Louise, Crime, Mystery
Jenny Wren coerces banker Priam Andes to have a dinner party at his shorefront estate Crestwood, and instructs him to invite three other men, each of whom she plans to extort money from. Read More »
The Sorrows of Satan (1926) D.W. Griffith, Adolphe Menjou, Ricardo Cortez, Carol Dempster, Drama, Romance
Geoffrey, a young and impoverished writer, is desperately in love with Mavis, who lives at his boardinghouse and is also pursuing a writing career. Read More »
Flesh (1932) John Ford, Wallace Beery, Ricardo Cortez, Karen Morley, Drama, Romance
Laura Nash is an ex-con who is befriended by Polakai, a waiter who is also a wrestler. Even though Polakai is kind to her, she pines for Nick, her old partner in crime. Read More »
Broadway Bad (1933) Sidney Lanfield, Joan Blondell, Ricardo Cortez, Ginger Rogers, Drama
Showgirl Joan Blondell, supported by her friend Ginger Rogers, fights for the custody of her son during a divorce hearing. Read More »